Delves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them. In The Story Is True, folklorist, film......more

Chronicles the creation of a picturesque home and landscape on the Hudson River by one of the nineteenth century’s leadi......more

Some of North Carolina’s finest fiction and nonfiction writers come together in Every True Pleasure, including David Sed......more

Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W. E. B. Du Bois, James......more

The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle’s comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-ni......more

This collection brings together new perspectives on the novels, memoirs, poetry, and journalism concerning Paris written......more

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First critical edition of Burmeister’s newly discovered Aulularia. Joannes Burmeister of Lüneburg (1576-1638) was among ......more

In this essay from 1614, the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of......more

A growing tension between the United States and Great Britain permeates the 236 letters printed in Volume 16 of Adams Fa......more

This first volume in The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1888-1891 contains 171 letters, of which 119 are published for......more

For more than thirty years, the acclaimed novelist Shirley Hazzard and the renowned scholar of Japanese literature Donal......more

This second volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1887-1888 contains 182 letters, of which 120 are published fo......more

In this new and final collection, Richard Taruskin gathers a sweeping range of keynote speeches, reviews, and critical e......more

This first volume in The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1887-1888 contains 154 letters, of which 94 are published for ......more

Hart Crane and Yvor Winters: Their Literary Correspondence delves into the profound yet contrasting relationship between......more

Pineapple Town: Hawaii provides a comprehensive exploration of life within Maunaloa, a Hawaiian pineapple plantation com......more

This title opens a new window into the life and thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, presenting him as not only a political......more

Nine short essays exploring the K’iche’ Maya story of creation, the Popol Vuh. Written during the lockdown in Chicago in......more

A beautifully written suite of personal essays on the value of not knowing. Moments of clarity are rare and fleeting; ho......more

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May offers an intimate glimpse into the thoughts, relationships, and......more

The Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru has established its position as the single most important, authoritative, and rel......more

The Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru has established its position as the single most important, authoritative, and rel......more

The Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru has established its position as the single most important, authoritative, and rel......more

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This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884 includes 178 letters, of which 117 are published for the f......more

Mark Twain among the Indians and Other Indigenous Peoples is the first book-length study of the writer s evolving views ......more

Recipient of the Approved Edition seal from the Modern Language Association s committee on scholarly editions This volum......more

A poignant collection of letters written by the Latvian poet, novelist, and newspaper editor Arsenii Formakov while inte......more

This book presents the first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolsh......more

This critical and scholarly edition presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter ......more

Recipient of the Approved Edition seal from the Modern Language Association s Committee on Scholarly Editions The Comp......more

The Complete Letters of Henry James fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition ......more

Slave narratives were one of the earliest forms of African American writing. These works, autobiographical in nature, la......more

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Richard M. Weaver (1910-1963) was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writ......more

Thomas Carlyle s history of the French Revolution captured the Victorian imagination with vivid pictures of a society in......more

Eliot wrote in his introduction: I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound’s literary criticism is the most im......more

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New in paper 2003. A timely and intellectually stimulating collection of essays by twenty-five culturally diverse librar......more

Deciphering Poe expands the contextual framework of Poe’s work and explores the subversive nature of his art: its use of......more

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This volume of seven essays and a late lecture by Henry David Thoreau makes available important material written both be......more

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Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) has come to be considered one of the major poets--not just one of the major women poets--......more

The letters in this second volume expose a woman of powerful intellect, complex emotions, unshakeable convictions, and ......more

In recent years Christina Rossetti s star has soared. Rossetti (1830-1894) has come to be considered one of the major po......more

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Richard J. Margolis was the consummate wordsmith. Turning phrases in unexpected ways, he shed light on nuance, gave voic......more

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Byron’s lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, has often been portrayed as ’monster’. Gathered here for the first time are letters t......more

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Mid-Century Romance chronicles a revival of the historical novel in thehe middle decades of the twentieth century in the......more

Concerns about Haiti suffused the early American print public sphere from the outbreak of the revolution in 1791 until w......more

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Roland Barthes (1915-1980) is still considered one of the most significant figures of postwar French thought and remains......more

Containing letters written between October 3, 1878, and August 30, 1879, this volume of The Complete Letters of Henry Ja......more

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The enduring power of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry rests with his claim that all we need for a better life on earth is al......more

In the last decade of his life, Robert Penn Warren remained a vibrant force in American literature, producing new works ......more

The Complete Letters of Henry James fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition ......more

It has often been suggested that Romanticism of its very nature has affinities with religious quest and spiritual value.......more

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By excerpting from letters she exchanged with five irreverent writers and artists, Margaret Randall constructs conversat......more

A collection of insightful and personal essays on the role of food in our lives In an age of mass factory farming, proce......more

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